Gov. Gavin Newsom says help is on the way to ramp up testing for the coronavirus, which has lagged nationally. So where are we now?
COVID-19 test shortages are forcing health officials to shift strategies.
Hoping to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom clamped down on public gatherings of more than 250 people.
How to be conservative enough for a conservative party, but liberal enough for a liberal state?
Government policy is one thing, real life another. What happens if your germ-carrying preschoolers suddenly pose a lethal threat?
"...[W]e know enough now to see that early intervention is an urgent imperative."
"We urge Newsom to support efforts by the State Water Resources Control Board & the CA Department of Fish and Game to set new rules..."
Prior bills were a shot of urban growth hormone to force cities to grow vertically; this one is a vitamin cities could choose to take or not
Today, our global positioning makes us America’s ground zero for the coronavirus outbreak that threatens to become a pandemic disaster.
The first statewide school bond to go down to defeat in two decades went out, not with a bang, but with a tweet.
Authorities may ask utility companies to provide real-time outage updates and help create community centers for refuge.
California reported its first death linked to the novel coronavirus. Los Angeles County joined others in declaring local health emergency.
For 20 years, Californians have routinely supported school bonds. This time, the early returns aren't looking so positive.
Good morning after Election Day, California.
If you do not have an exemption from AB 5 and don’t obtain one soon, then you and the companies you work with will be affected.
Assembly Bill 5 codifies a state Supreme Court decision defining who can and cannot be considered a contract worker.
Uber & Lyft are bigger greenhouse gas polluters than they should be, two recent reports say. California's climate enforcers aim to fix that.
Not votes for literal zombies, of course — it’s a term politicos use to describe votes cast for candidates who have pulled the plug.
Study online? At home? With each new case of coronavirus, CA K-12 schools and colleges prepare for a possible widespread transmission.
The state expects to receive more diagnostic kits from federal authorities and has ordered 300,000 more masks.
No one else is averaging above a 15% statewide threshold. But that could change — and presidential candidates can also pick up delegates .
In a state with more patients and more in quarantine than any other, many questions remain unanswered as coronavirus develops in CA.
It's not as simple as you might think
Last May, Burger Patch first opened its doors in midtown Sacramento with a sign that said “No Cash Accepted.”
Fourteen cruise ship passengers tested positive for coronavirus; they were allowed to return to America, but will remain in quarantine.
Fourteen cruise ship passengers tested positive for coronavirus; they were allowed to return to America, but will remain in quarantine.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Hanak is director of the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center. Mount is a senior fellow at PPIC.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Under Newsom, Kate Gordon and Lenny Mendonca launched the Regions Rise Together initiative in Sacramento.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Michael Rushford is an attorney in Sacramento and president, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation.
COMMENTARY: It’s difficult to say whether the much-changed bill would have had a material effect on the state’s housing crisis.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Ridderbusch is executive director of CalDesal, a unified voice for brackish and ocean water desalination and salinity.
A Central Valley state Senate race is the latest illustration of how CA's "top two" primary can distort the field and confuse voters.
The bill would have allowed more mid-rise apartment buildings around public transit and next to some single-family homes.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Mary Nichols is the chair of the California Air Resources Board, headquartered in Sacramento.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Susan Kirsch is a community organizer, founder and former president of Sacramento-best organization Livable California.
COMMENTARY: The most sensational criminal forgiveness in California was issued by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, just before he left office.
On Monday, some of the biggest names in California health care policy are convening in Sacramento to fulfill the single-payer promise.
Sacramento taxpayers on the hook for $4,600
California slams new proposal allowing predatory lenders to set own interest rates, ignore state law. 18 states join the fight back
GUEST COMMENTARY: Mike Madrid is a Sacramento-based Republican political consultant and adviser to The Lincoln Project.